One of the Mods who engages with Norvell…Will you PLEASE make sure to phrase the QB question by putting the words IN Norvell’s mouth, something akin to:…”Coach, we CAN expect to see Glenn or Luke under center next week correct?” And before he answers) admonish him with facts about HIS anemic pitiful offense and DJ’s lack of effectiveness and competency. Norvell should be TOLD that “He surely doesn’t believe Glenn or Luke a less effective or inspirational game manager than what DJ has clearly shown, or rather NOT SHOWN, in 4 games.” Norvell needs to be informed that “He can’t believe it wise to continue allowing DJ to take critical snaps away from Glenn or Luke.” Ultimately, Norvell needs to be MADE AWARE his continued negligence (where DJ is concerned), and his failure to properly develop the younger QB’s, allowing them adequate snaps and game experience will adversely impair his position and his buyout. Despite the win tonight Norvell’s highly-offensive offense needs an overhaul if we have any chance of beating UM and UF and preserving a top 25 recruiting class. The decision should be removed from HIS control and if he doesn’t like it he should take his piss poor coaching elsewhere. Damn man, for the love of God!

FSU sports information:

The No. 2 Florida State soccer team (6-0-2) settled for a 1-1 draw in the first road conference game against SMU (6-3-2) on Sunday afternoon. FSU maintains its 31-game unbeaten streak in competition dating back to 2022.

The match began with chances for both sides, Florida State’s best offensive moment in the first half came off a well-placed cross from Ran Iwai finding Taylor Huff as her header glanced just wide of the frame.

Sophomore goalkeeper Addie Todd was tasked with a fiery Mustangs attack and made several highlight reel saves including an instinctive glove save at her near post inside the first five minutes.

FSU committed a foul inside its own box to concede a penalty to SMU. After the initial kick was ruled back for encroachment, Addie Todd made an incredible penalty stop as she dove down to her right side and pushed the shot away to keep the game level going into halftime.

SMU opened the scoring just before the second-half water break with 20 minutes to go. The Seminoles wasted no time as Marianyela Jiménez laid the ball off to Ashlyn Puerta outside the box before the 17-year old unleashed a ferocious strike just under the crossbar to level the game at 1-1. The freshman scored her third goal of the season and either contributed a goal or assist in the last three games.

Florida State will return home to face College Cup semifinalists Clemson on Thursday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and available to watch on ACC Network.

Story from Pat Burnham:

Although FSU won last night, it also scored 14 or less points for the third straight game. The last time that happened at FSU? The first three games of Bobby Bowden's tenure in 1976.

Nothing looks easy right now for this FSU offense.

You are the man. Love your takes on the podcasts. Thoughts on 7 points in the first half?!?!?!

FSU sports information:

The No. 2 Florida State soccer team (6-0-1, 1-0-0 ACC) continues its opening week of conference play with a road match against SMU (6-3-1, 2-0-1 ACC) on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles currently hold a 13-game unbeaten streak in conference play dating back to 2022.

Florida State faces SMU as conference opponents for the first time and have only met once in the series history. The Seminoles hosted SMU in the 2021 NCAA Tournament Second Round and defeated the Mustangs 5-1 with five different goal scorers en route to a third national championship.

The Seminoles continue to extend and break program records on their impressive run dating back to last season. Florida State has scored in 41 straight games and holds a 30-game unbeaten streak, both of which are program records. FSU has recorded five shutouts in the opening seven games and hasn’t conceded more than two goals in a game in the past 17 matches.

The reigning national champions concluded non-conference play unbeaten for a fifth consecutive season before beginning ACC play with five goals over Syracuse. Wrianna Hudson scored her third goal in her freshman season while Kameron SImmonds and Taylor Huff each scored two goals. All three goalscorers also scored in the 3-0 victory at Florida earlier in the month.

FSU has scored 29 goals through the first seven games, the most in that span since 2009 (32) while holding five shutouts in seven games for the third time this decade.

The Seminoles sent six players representing three nations to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. Marianyela Jiménez and Venezuela picked up its first-ever point in the competition while Lara Dantas and Brazil reached the quarterfinals. The four Seminoles for the United States will face the Netherlands in the third place match on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. ET to secure the nation’s best finish since 2012.

The Seminoles and Mustangs will meet at 2 p.m. ET and available to watch on ACC Network.

After two visits to Auburn and one to Georgia, Kromah made it back to Florida State on Saturday to watch the Seminoles beat Cal.
https://floridastate.rivals.com/new...recaps-fsu-visit-ahead-of-commitment-decision

Who you taking with the game on the line?

Beating Memphis 49-30 right now… We scored a whopping 12 on them. Good grief

I think we would be undefeated if we had an average quarterback. The offense is so limited with DJU.

FSU's defense was far from perfect last night, allowing over 300 passing yards and far too many long conversions.

But the defense sure was clutch in the red zone and the defensive line sure looked dominant. Those were the deciding factors in FSU's elusive first win.

At best, with 2 minutes left in the half, we could reach 14 points in first half at the most!! That alone (given the previous three games) tells me we need to put Brock Glenn in for at least 1 or 2 series in 3rd quarter. If we stop Cal on their opening drive to start 3rd qtr, bring Brock out. If Cal scores, give DJ the first offensive series in 3rd qtr. and if we don’t score, put Brock in regardless of what Cal does the next time they are on offense. I don’t think we replace DJ completely (not yet anyway), but our offense is what it is at this point. So let’s see how the offense responds with Brock in at qb. If he gets in the game, give him two back to back series just to evaluate not only how Brock plays, but how the entire offense responds and plays with him in the game.

Another week, another chance for Florida State to finally secure its first win of the 2024 season.

The Seminoles (0-3, 0-2 in ACC) remain at home this week for their third straight game at Doak Campbell Stadium. After losses to Boston College and Memphis, FSU now hosts ACC newcomer Cal (3-0) Saturday at 7 p.m. (ESPN2) for its first conference game as a new member after moving from the Pac-12 to the ACC this offseason.

Despite calls from the fanbase for trying something new, FSU will maintain the status quo at quarterback this week. ESPN's Pete Thamel announced Saturday morning on College GameDay that Oregon State transfer DJ Uiagalelei will start his fourth straight game for the Seminoles.

This will be the first ever matchup between FSU and Cal. Even though FSU is winless and Cal is undefeated, the Seminoles are 2.5-point favorites over the Golden Bears.

Cal is already 1-0 in cross-country trips this season, beating Auburn 21-14 two weeks ago. While they haven't played the toughest slate of games, the Golden Bears have allowed just 37 points in its first three games of the season, not yet allowing more than 14 points in a game this season. That could prove to be a challenge for an FSU offense which hasn't yet found its footing this season.

FSU got some good injury updates Saturday morning with the news that starting left tackle Darius Washington is expected to be back Saturday after suffering an injury during pregame warmups last week that kept him out of the Memphis game. Wide receiver Jalen Brown and safety Shyheim Brown are also expected to play while starting right tackle Jeremiah Byers is out for the third straight game and linebacker Cam Riley will be a game-time decision.

We'll be live from Doak starting around 5 p.m. when the press box opens with pregame updates and confirmations of who will be available for the Seminoles vs. Cal. We'll also have live game updates below once the game gets underway.

Real talk, you have to play for the future and even if the other QB sucks, might as well try to develop him. It can't get worse in the w l column.

This team is so undisciplined. That comes from your coaching staff. Norvell has gotten lucky with the transfer portal , but this last batch is terrible and he’s terrible. He needs to go. He doesn’t have Jordan Travis to bail him out now.

FSU sports information:

Florida State’s Luke Clanton is in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings, and the No. 10 Seminole men’s golf team is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings after nearly three rounds of the Fighting Illini Invitational at the Olympia Fields Gold Club. As darkness fell in the golf course, a total of 75 of the 78 golfers completed play. Each golfer is done with three rounds of except for the last group of Jose Luis Ballester (Arizona State), Benajmin Reuter (Georgia Tech), and Ian Gilligan (Florida). The trio of players in the final group are scheduled to finish their play Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m.



Ballester is currently the individual leader with a 10 under par score, while Reuter is second with a nine under par total. Gilligan is in a tie for 14th place with a score of one under par.



Play was suspended at 6:56 p.m. local time on Saturday because of darkness. Play will resume on Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30 a.m. The event was changed from a three-day championship (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to a two-day tournament (Friday, Saturday) because of inclement weather expected in the area on Sunday.



Florida State is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings as the third and final round draws to a conclusion. The Seminoles are tied with Texas Tech. Georgia Tech is in first place at 13 under par. The Yellow Jackets lead Arizona State by two strokes in the race for the team title which will also be decided on Sunday morning by the golfers remaining on the course.



Florida State was led by Clanton, the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world as ranked by the World Amateur Golf Raking. He carded scores of 70 and 69 in the Saturday’s second and third rounds for a 3 under par total of 207. Clanton finished the first round with a score 68 to complete all three rounds of the championship at or below par.



Graduate student Gray Albright carded a 69 in the final and will finish in a tie for 22nd place with scores of 73-70-69 and a three-round total of 2 over par 212. He has now earned 11 career top-25 individual finishes including four in his last four matches dating to last season. Albright has two career individual championships as a Seminole.

Florida State plays its third of five fall matches at the Hamptons Intercollegiate at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y. October 7-8.



Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024

Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70

T10/15. – Florida State, 850

T6.– Luke Clanton, 207

T22. – Gray Albright, 212

T32. – Carson Brewer, 214

T48. – Michael Mays, 217

68. – Jack Bigham, 224



Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024

Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70

1. – Georgia Tech, -13

2. – Arizona State, -11

T3. – Oklahoma State, -1

T3. – North Carolina, -1

5. – Texas, +3

T6. – Stanford, +8

T6. – Texas A&M, +8

T8. – Florida, +9

T8. – Illinois, +9

T10. – Florida State, +10

T10. – Texas Tech, +10

12. – Alabama, +16

13. – Northwestern, +18

14. – Baylor, +37

15. – Michigan, +38

Can we please see just a glimpse of FSU. I would like to see the aggressive physical play. If we are going to lose then do it full speed. We are the softest team in college, probably the softest team in FSU history. The good or bad news is we are at week 4, but it is time to ball out. Someone needs to tell these kids what they are putting on tape is KILLING THEIR DREAM of trying to make it in the NFL. Better study hard boys because you actually might have to get a real job. They have a chance most would die to have, please don't waste this opportunity, at some point you need to look deep inside and decide what you want to become. I hope it is a winner otherwise you need to move on. I want to believe but we as fans need more. GO NOLES

Does anyone else feel like ESPN goes out of their way to feature families of the guys we are playing against? I keep thinking back to Matt Ryan night all those years ago against BC when we went up there and beat them.

It’s so frustrating not having any playmaking ability at the quarterback position. Can anyone think of anyone aside from Kannell, Busby, and Weinke that were as slow footed as DJ? Those guys were great throwers of the football and had much more talent too though.